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DEFINITION:
Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.
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COUNTRY |
DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| AfghanistanAfghanistan | Kabul - (est. 3,000,000 to 4,000,000) |
| AlbaniaAlbania | Tirane - 300,000 |
| AlgeriaAlgeria | Algiers - 1,519,570 (1998) |
| AndorraAndorra | Andorra la Vella - 22,390 |
| AngolaAngola | Luanda - 2,000,000 |
| Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda | St. John's - 21,514 |
| ArgentinaArgentina | Buenos Aires (city) - 3,000,000; (metro) - 12,000,000 |
| ArmeniaArmenia | Yerevan - 1,226,000 |
| AustraliaAustralia | Sydney - 4,350,986 |
| AustriaAustria | Vienna - 1,600,000 |
| AzerbaijanAzerbaijan | Baku - 1,713,300 |
| BahrainBahrain | Manama - 140,401 |
| BangladeshBangladesh | Dhaka (city) - 3,839,000; (metro area) 8,500,000 |
| BarbadosBarbados | Bridgetown - 6,700 |
| BelarusBelarus | Minsk - 1,666,000 |
| BelgiumBelgium | Brussels - 949,070 |
| BelizeBelize | Belmopan - 5,845 |
| BeninBenin | Porto-Novo - 177,660 |
| BhutanBhutan | Thimphu - 30,340 |
| BoliviaBolivia | La Paz - 713,400 |
| Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo - 310,000 |
| BotswanaBotswana | Gaborone - 138,000 |
| BrazilBrazil | São Paulo - (est. 10,000,000) |
| BruneiBrunei | Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan - 52,300 |
| BulgariaBulgaria | Sofia - 1,113,674 |
| Burkina FasoBurkina Faso | Ouagadougou - 500,000 |
| BurmaBurma | Rangoon - 4,082,000 |
| BurundiBurundi | Bujumbura - 300,000 |
| CambodiaCambodia | Phnom Penh - 900,000 |
| CameroonCameroon | Douala - (est. 2,000,000 to 2,500,000) |
| CanadaCanada | Toronto - 2,481,494 |
| Cape VerdeCape Verde | Praia - 61,797 |
| Central African RepublicCentral Africa | Bangui - 706,000 |
| ChadChad | N'Djamena - 529,555 |
| ChileChile | Santiago - 5,800,434 |
| ChinaChina | Shanghai - 17,420,000 |
| ColombiaColombia | Bogotá - 1,945,448 |
| ComorosComoros | Moroni (on Grande Comoro) - 23,432 |
| Congo, Republic of theCongo, Republic of the | Brazzaville - 937,580 |
| Costa RicaCosta Rica | San Jose - 315,909 |
| Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire | Abidjan - 3,660,682 |
| CroatiaCroatia | Zagreb - 930,753 |
| CubaCuba | Havana - 2,241,000 |
| CyprusCyprus | Nicosia - 186,400 |
| Czech RepublicCzech Republic | Prague - 1,215,771 |
| Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo, DR. | Kinshasa - 4,655,313 |
| DenmarkDenmark | Copenhagen - 1,339,395 |
| DjiboutiDjibouti | Djibouti - 395,000 |
| DominicaDominica | Roseau - 15,853 |
| Dominican RepublicDominican Rep. | Santo Domingo - 2,100,000 |
| EcuadorEcuador | Quito - 1,500,000 |
| EgyptEgypt | Cairo - 7,010,000 |
| El SalvadorEl Salvador | San Salvador - 972,810 |
| Equatorial GuineaEqu. Guinea | Malabo - 30,418 |
| EritreaEritrea | Asmara - 400,000 |
| EstoniaEstonia | Tallinn - 471,608 |
| EthiopiaEthiopia | Addis Ababa - 2,200,186 |
| Federated States of MicronesiaMicronesia | Palikir |
| FijiFiji | Suva - 200,000 |
| FinlandFinland | Helsinki - 515,765 |
| FranceFrance | Paris - 2,144,700 |
| GabonGabon | Libreville - 419,596 |
| GeorgiaGeorgia | Tbilisi - 1,279,000 |
| GermanyGermany | Berlin - 3,471,418 |
| GhanaGhana | Accra - 1,970,400 |
| GreeceGreece | Athens - 745,514 |
| GrenadaGrenada | St. George's - 4,439 |
| GuatemalaGuatemala | Guatemala City - 1,150,452 |
| GuineaGuinea | Conakry - 1,508,000 |
| Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau | Bissau - 200,000 |
| GuyanaGuyana | Georgetown - 248,500 |
| HaitiHaiti | Port-au-Prince - 1,500,000 |
| HondurasHonduras | Tegucigalpa - 1,500,000 |
| HungaryHungary | Budapest - 2,008,546 |
| IcelandIceland | Reykjavik - 103,036 |
| IndiaIndia | Mumbai - 11,914,398 |
| IndonesiaIndonesia | Jakarta - 9,160,500 |
| IranIran | Tehran - 7,160,094 |
| IraqIraq | Baghdad - 5,772,000 |
| IrelandIreland | Dublin - 495,781 |
| IsraelIsrael | Jerusalem - 704,900 |
| ItalyItaly | Rome - 2,693,383 |
| JamaicaJamaica | Kingston - 104,000 |
| JapanJapan | Tokyo - 12,527,115 |
| JordanJordan | Amman - 963,490 |
| KazakhstanKazakhstan | Almaty - 1,185,900 |
| KenyaKenya | Nairobi - 2,000,000 |
| KiribatiKiribati | Tarawa - 25,154 |
| KuwaitKuwait | Kuwait City - 151,060 |
| KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan | Bishkek - 631,000 |
| LaosLaos | Vientiane - 442,000 |
| LatviaLatvia | Riga - 874,000 |
| LebanonLebanon | Beirut - 1,100,000 |
| LesothoLesotho | Maseru - 170,000, |
| LiberiaLiberia | Monrovia - 1,000,000 |
| LibyaLibya | Tripoli - 495,781 |
| LiechtensteinLiechtenstein | Vaduz - 5,067 |
| LithuaniaLithuania | Vilnius - 590,100 |
| LuxembourgLuxembourg | Luxembourg - 75,622 |
| MadagascarMadagascar | Antananarivo - 1,000,000 |
| MalawiMalawi | Lilongwe - 260,000 |
| MalaysiaMalaysia | Kuala Lumpur - 1,145,000 |
| MaldivesMaldives | Male - 62,973 |
| MaliMali | Bamako - 746,000 |
| MaltaMalta | Valletta - 9,183 |
| Marshall IslandsMarshall Isl. | Majuro - 20,000 |
| MauritaniaMauritania | Nouakchott - 480,000 |
| MauritiusMauritius | Port Louis - 134,516 |
| MexicoMexico | Mexico City - 8,735,400 |
| MoldovaMoldova | Chisinau - 676,700 |
| MonacoMonaco | Monaco - 30,400 |
| MongoliaMongolia | Ulan Bator - 619,000 |
| MoroccoMorocco | Casablanca - 2,950,000 |
| MozambiqueMozambique | Maputo - 1,095,300 |
| NamibiaNamibia | Windhoek - 161,000 |
| NauruNauru | Yaren District - 1,100 |
| NepalNepal | Kathmandu - 535,000 |
| NetherlandsNetherlands | Amsterdam - 724,096 |
| New ZealandNew Zealand | Auckland - 1,241,800 |
| NicaraguaNicaragua | Managua - 974,000 |
| NigerNiger | Niamey - 398,265 |
| NigeriaNigeria | Lagos - (est. 10,000,000 to 15,000,000) |
| North KoreaNorth Korea | Pyongyang - 2,741,260 |
| NorwayNorway | Oslo - 483,401 |
| OmanOman | Muscat - 350,000 |
| PakistanPakistan | Karachi - 11,969,284 |
| PalauPalau | Koror - 12,299 |
| PanamaPanama | Panama City - 450,668 |
| Papua New GuineaPapua NG | Port Moresby - 250,000 |
| ParaguayParaguay | Asuncion - 502,426 |
| PeruPeru | Lima - 5,681,941 |
| PhilippinesPhilippines | Quezon City - 2,173,831 |
| PolandPoland | Warsaw - 1,642,700 |
| PortugalPortugal | Lisbon - 677,790 |
| QatarQatar | Doha - 300,000 |
| RomaniaRomania | Bucharest - 2,351,000 |
| RussiaRussia | Moscow - 10,415,400 |
| RwandaRwanda | Kigali - 851,024 |
| Saint Kitts and NevisSt Kitts+ | Basseterre - 19,000 |
| Saint LuciaSaint Lucia | Castries - 13,600 |
| Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSt Vincent+ | Kingstown - 15,466 |
| SamoaSamoa | Apia - 32,859 |
| San MarinoSan Marino | San Marino - 2,397 |
| Sao Tome and PrincipeSoa Tome+ | Sao Tome - 43,420 |
| Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia | Riyadh - 4,700,000 |
| SenegalSenegal | Dakar - 1,729,823 |
| Serbia and MontenegroSerbia+ | Belgrade - 1,168,454 |
| SeychellesSeychelles | Victoria - 25,000 |
| Sierra LeoneSierra Leone | Freetown - 1,300,000 |
| SingaporeSingapore | Singapore - 3,044,000 |
| SlovakiaSlovakia | Bratislava - 446,600 |
| SloveniaSlovenia | Ljubljana - 330,000 |
| Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands | Honiara - 35,288 |
| SomaliaSomalia | Mogadishu - (est. 1,500,000 to 3,000,000) |
| South AfricaSouth Africa | Johannesburg - 3,225,812 |
| South KoreaSouth Korea | Seoul - 10,231,217 |
| SpainSpain | Madrid - 2,947,228 |
| Sri LankaSri Lanka | Colombo - 1,994,000 |
| SudanSudan | Omdurman - (est. 4,000,000) |
| SurinameSuriname | Paramaribo - 200,970 |
| SwazilandSwaziland | Mbabane - 47,020 |
| SwedenSweden | Stockholm - 703,627 |
| SwitzerlandSwitzerland | Zürich - 366,145 |
| SyriaSyria | Damascus - 1,549,932 |
| TaiwanTaiwan | Taipei - 2,643,439 |
| TajikistanTajikistan | Dushanbe - 524,000 |
| TanzaniaTanzania | Dar es Salaam - 1,360,850 |
| ThailandThailand | Bangkok - 5,882,000 |
| The BahamasThe Bahamas | Nassau - 171,542 |
| The GambiaThe Gambia | Banjul - 44,188, |
| TogoTogo | Lome - 366,476 |
| TongaTonga | Nuku'alofa - 34,000 |
| Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad+ | Port-of-Spain - 52,451 |
| TunisiaTunisia | Tunis - 887,800 |
| TurkeyTurkey | Istanbul - 8,803,468 |
| TurkmenistanTurkmenistan | Ashgabat - 518,000 |
| TuvaluTuvalu | Funafuti - 3,839 |
| UgandaUganda | Kampala - 773,463 |
| UkraineUkraine | Kiev - 2,637,000 |
| United Arab EmiratesUAE | Abu Dhabi - 363,432 |
| United KingdomUnited Kingdom | London - 7,500,000 |
| United StatesUnited States | New York City - 8,168,338 |
| UruguayUruguay | Montevideo - 1,330,440 |
| UzbekistanUzbekistan | Tashkent - 2,106,000 |
| VanuatuVanuatu | Port Vila - 26,100 |
| VenezuelaVenezuela | Caracas - (Metro area: 5,100,000) |
| VietnamVietnam | Hanoi - 3,083,800 |
| Western SaharaWestern Sahara | El Aaiun - 20,010 |
| YemenYemen | Sana'a - 1,972,011 |
| ZambiaZambia | Lusaka - 1,391,000 |
| ZimbabweZimbabwe | Harare - 1,184,169 |
